Few {hardware} startups have ramped as much as a full product line as rapidly as Nothing. The London-based agency introduced on Tuesday yet one more tackle earbuds with the Ear Open. Because the identify recommendations, these are open-ear gadgets, designed to keep up a way of situational consciousness, moderately than the drown-out-the-world strategy of lively noise cancelation.
The brand new buds run $149, the identical worth as the corporate’s Ear 2 and $50 greater than the funds Ear A, and $20 greater than the brand new AirPods 4 (sans ANC). Additionally just like the Ear 2, the brand new Open present voice-based entry to ChatGPT queries courtesy of the Nothing X app.
Like different open-ear headphones, the brand new pair are designed for situations when the wearer wants to listen to what’s occurring round them. That may very well be a motorbike journey or a stroll by way of town streets. Some sound leakage is inevitable with headphones that don’t have cups or inserts to supply passive noise canceling.
Of that, Nothing claims, “This open design is engineered with a Sound Seal System and directional audio system to attenuate sound leakage, making certain privateness whereas delivering a superbly balanced soundstage.”
The Open actually preserve the concentrate on model that has outlined Nothing’s merchandise for the reason that outset. They very a lot carry over the design language of the corporate’s Ear merchandise. That’s good, as open-ear headphones usually are inclined to appear to be they have been fished out of the bin at Greenback Common.
Nothing says the buds are 30% lighter than “typical earbuds.” They’ll additionally get eight hours of playback on a cost and a complete of 30 hours when the case is factored in.
Preorder opens Tuesday. They’ll begin delivery to the U.S., Canada, the U.Ok., and Europe on October 1.